Max Purcell and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran will face off in the final of the Chennai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.81
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 203, Max reached the final after beating Mukund Sasikumar 6-2 6-2, Petr Nouza 7-5 6-3, James Duckworth 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Dane Sweeny 6-4 7-63.
In the semifinal, Purcell had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-4 7-63). During the match, Purcell scored 85 points vs Sweeny’s 71. Purcell was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell scored 8 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Purcell broke Sweeny 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (220-162). 10-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a composed160-113 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Purcell’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.
Purcell has a compiled 10-3 win-loss record in 2023, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-20 | 10-8 | 15-9 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 219, Nicolas reached the final after defeating Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-3 6-2, Chun Hsin Tseng 6-2 6-4, Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-4 and Sumit Nagal 6-4 6-2.
In the semifinal, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-4 6-2). During the match Moreno De Alboran scored 66 points vs Nagal’s 48. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Moreno De Alboran fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Moreno De Alboran put 71% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. Moreno De Alboran broke Nagal 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicolas hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Moreno De Alboran’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 9-4 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 90 | 72 |
| Pts | 312-259 | 253-188 |
| Total Points | 571 | 441 |
| Winners | 130 | 106 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Both Purcell and Moreno De Alboran played 4 matches. At the moment, Max Purcell conceded 1 set while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran hasn’t lost a set so far. Purcell has played 1 set more than Moreno De Alboran (9 vs 8). Therefore, Purcell played 18 games more than Moreno De Alboran. Max scored 130 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas blasted 106 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 36 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 169/268 | 144/225 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 130/169 | 106/144 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 52/99 | 42/81 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Purcell recorded 36 aces (9 per match). Moreno De Alboran scored 18 aces (4.5 per match). Purcell won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Moreno De Alboran won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 17 |
| Converted | 14/38 | 17/34 |
| % Converted | 37% | 50% |
| Conceded | 14 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 10 |
| % Saved | 57% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
The Australian broke his opponents 14 times with a 37% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponents 17 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Nouza |
1/4 Duckworth |
1/2 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 90 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 74-63 | 95-94 | 85-71 | 312-259 | |
| Total points | 89 | 137 | 189 | 156 | 571 | |
| Winners | 26 | 29 | 42 | 33 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 44% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 12 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 28/38 | 35/63 | 60/93 | 46/74 | 169/268 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 56% | 65% | 62% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/28 | 29/35 | 42/60 | 33/46 | 130/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 83% | 70% | 72% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 12/28 | 18/33 | 16/28 | 52/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 43% | 55% | 57% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/15 | 3/10 | 3/8 | 14/38 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 27% | 30% | 38% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 5/7 | 2/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 71% | 50% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Moreno De Alboran | ||||||
| R1 Ferreira Silva |
R2 Hsin Tseng |
1/4 Uchiyama |
1/2 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 72 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 63-47 | 60-45 | 66-48 | 253-188 | |
| Total points | 112 | 110 | 105 | 114 | 441 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% | 42% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 37/58 | 33/55 | 41/58 | 144/225 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 60% | 71% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 24/37 | 25/33 | 31/41 | 106/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 65% | 76% | 76% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | 15/22 | 5/17 | 42/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 68% | 29% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/7 | 3/6 | 5/10 | 17/34 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 71% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 6/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 75% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
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